Throughout its rich history, Tokyo has continually refined and enhanced both traditional and international flavours. Today, ...

IT WAS A freezing winter’s day in London as patrons jostled in a poky outpost of Blank Street, a coffee-shop chain. You might ...

A new study links drinking green tea with having fewer white matter lesions in the brains of Japanese seniors, potentially ...

Such new cultural traditions as the tea ceremony became popular. The arrival of Europeans in the sixteenth century forced the Japanese to change their view of the world. As late as the 1170s, no one ...

She studied art history at Tokyo’s Sophia University, and is has been named a PR ambassador for Japan’s national treasures. The pair combined their knowledge to visit 21 tea rooms in nine ...

Older people who regularly drink green tea have fewer brain lesions are characteristic of dementia than those who do not ...